Autonomous vs. Anonymous

Autonomous and Anonymous Definitions
Autonomous
Not controlled by others or by outside forces; independent
An autonomous judiciary.
An autonomous division of a corporate conglomerate.
Anonymous
Having an unknown or unacknowledged name
An anonymous author.
Autonomous
Independent in mind or judgment; self-directed.
Anonymous
Having an unknown or withheld authorship or agency
An anonymous letter.
Autonomous
Independent of the laws of another state or government; self-governing.
Anonymous
Having no distinctive character or recognition factor
"They were carried over a bridge above an anonymous parade of shops" (Elizabeth Speller).
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Autonomous
Of or relating to a self-governing entity
An autonomous legislature.
Anonymous
(not comparable) Lacking a name; not named, for example an animal not assigned to any species.
Autonomous
Self-governing with respect to local or internal affairs
An autonomous region of a country.
Anonymous
(not comparable) Without any name acknowledged of a person responsible
An anonymous pamphlet
An anonymous subscription
Anonymous author
Autonomous
Autonomic.
Anonymous
(not comparable) Of unknown name; whose name is withheld
An anonymous author
An anonymous benefactor
No customer personal data will be retained unless it is rendered anonymous.
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Autonomous
Self-governing. Intelligent, sentient, self-aware, thinking, feeling, governing independently.
Anonymous
Lacking individuality.
An anonymous office block in a soulless industrial estate
Autonomous
Acting on one's own or independently; of a child, acting without being governed by parental or guardian rules.
Anonymous
Nameless; of unknown name; also, of unknown or unavowed authorship; as, an anonymous benefactor; an anonymous pamphlet or letter.
Autonomous
Used with no subject, indicating an unknown or unspecified agent; used in similar situations as the passive in English (the difference being that the theme in the English passive construction is the subject, while in the Celtic autonomous construction the theme is the object and there is no subject).
Anonymous
Having no known name or identity or known source;
Anonymous authors
Anonymous donors
An anonymous gift
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Autonomous
Independent in government; having the right or power of self-government.
Anonymous
Not known or lacking marked individuality;
Brown anonymous houses
Anonymous bureaucrats in the Civil Service
Autonomous
Having independent existence or laws.
Autonomous
Of political bodies;
An autonomous judiciary
A sovereign state
Autonomous
Existing as an independent entity;
The partitioning of India created two separate and autonomous jute economies
Autonomous
Of persons; free from external control and constraint in e.g. action and judgment